History, Sideways represents the past in Cyprus through graffiti inscriptions found across the island. The processes of discovery and documentation are central to my research-based art practice, which has involved recording inscribed graffiti in Cyprus since 1997. Many of these inscriptions had not been previously documented, and some no longer exist outside of their presence in this work.

The installation History, Sideways was commissioned by the European Central Bank in Frankfurt for the main building’s common area as part of the “Contemporary Art in Cyprus” exhibition in 2017. The piece features four panels of Perspex, custom-fitted to existing concrete columns, inscribed on both sides with images of historical graffiti found in Cyprus, dating from the 16th to the 20th centuries.